General Awareness plays a vital role in all competitive exams. Especially, if you are an aspirant of SSC, Railways, or Banking exams it becomes all the more important for you to have your general awareness on point at all times. Nowadays, in exams like RRB ALP, RRC Group D, SBI Clerk, SSC CGL, IBPS PO, SSC CPO a lot of questions related to Important Sea Ports in India are being asked. Therefore, in this article, we have provided you with a list of Important Sea Ports in India along with some interesting facts about them. There are 13 Major Seaports in India and 200 notified minor seaports in India. You can go through the state-wise distribution of the minor seaports below. Go through the list of Important Sea Ports in India along with some facts related to them carefully and try to memorize them simultaneously. Don’t forget to download these Static GK notes on Important Sea Ports in India in PDF format!

List of Major Sea Ports in India

There are currently 13 major sea ports in India. Go through the table given below to know more about it. You can also find interesting facts and pictures of them.

Name of Seaports

City

State

Interesting Facts

Nhava Sheva (or) Jawaharlal Nehru Port

Navi Mumbai

Maharashtra

Known as ‘King Port of Arabian Sea’.

Largest Container Port in India.

Mumbai Port

West Mumbai

Maharashtra

Largest Port in India.

Mormugao Port

South Goa

Goa

One of India’s earliest Modern Ports

Cochin Port

Cochin

Kerala

A major port on the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean Sea route.

It lies on 2 islands Wellington and Vallarpadam.

Panambur (or) New Mangalore Port

Mangalore

Karnataka

It is an all-weather port on the shore of Arabian Sea

Paradip Port

Jagatsinghpur

Orissa

It is situated at the confluence of the river Mahanadi and Bay of Bengal.

It has its own railway system.

Haldia Port

Kolkata

West Bengal

It is the base of the Indian Coast Guard.

Port Blair

Port Blair

Andaman & Nicobar Island

Located at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

Youngest Port of India.

Kandla Port

Gandhidham

Gujarat

Major seaport of the west coast.

It is the busiest and richest port of India.

Tuticorin Port

Tuticorin

Tamil Nadu

2nd largest port in Tamil Nadu.

Now called ‘V.O.Chidambaram Port.

Chennai Port

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

3rd largest container port of India.

The largest port in Tamil Nadu.

Ennore Port or Kamarajar Port Limited

Ennore

Tamil Nadu

India’s first corporate port.

It gets coal for power.

Vizag Port

Vishakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

Only natural seaport in the shores of Bay of Bengal.

Oldest shipyard of India.

Now that you have gone through the List of Sea Ports in India along with some important and interesting facts related to them. If you have any queries, do let us know by commenting below. Also, download the Testbook Appfor interactive sessions, test series, and more for all the government recruitments. Stay Updated by reading the news and headlines with the Current Affairs App.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q.1 How many sea ports are there in India?

Ans.1

There are currently 13(thirteen) seaports in India.

Q.2 Which is the largest seaport of India?

Ans.2

The Nhava Sheva is now known as Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the largest seaport of India.

Q.3 How many minor seaports are there in India?

Ans.3

There are about 200 notified minor seaports in India.

Q.4 Which is the busiest seaport of India?

Ans.4

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the busiest container port in India with annual traffic of 5 million TEU.

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